%0 Journal Article
%A Ceneviva, Antonio C.
%A Camargo, Mario E.
%T Plasmodium Gallinaceum-Parasitized Chicken Erythrocytes in a Practical Hemagglutination Test for IgM Antibodies in Human Malaria*
%D 1979
%J The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
%V 28
%N 4
%P 622-626
%@ 0002-9637
%R https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.622
%I The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
%X Abstract
A new hemagglutination test for human malaria, done with Plasmodium gallinaceum-parasitized, aldehyde-fixed, chicken erythrocytes as a stable lyophilized reagent, is described. The test was positive in every human case of falciparum or vivax malaria in which there was parasitemia. It detected only IgM anti-plasmodial antibodies and usually became negative within a few weeks after treatment. As a practical and sensitive test for active malaria, the P. gallinaceum hemagglutination test should be a useful complementary tool for seroepidemiological studies.
%U http://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.622